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Charles King - 24 Jun. 1976
- Name
- Charles King
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 24 Jun. 1976
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Charles King
- Number
- OH 101
- Subject
- Early life in Whitby
- Toronto good
- Interview Date
- 24 Jun. 1976
- Quantity
- 1
- Interviewer
- Larry Troster
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Use Restrictions
- Original tapes are damaged. Copies have been made, but the white noise interference is considerable.
- Biography
- The King family immigrated to Canada from Prague. Charles King and his family landed at New York in 1857 and moved to Whitby in 1863. Charles and his older brother, Joseph, bought out the former proprietor of the tannery and founded the King Brothers' Tannery at Whitby in 1863, which was located at 44 Colborne Street in 1863. In 1878, they opened a Toronto branch.
- Charles King (1837–1915) and his wife, Henrietta, had eight surviving children. He was active in local politics, holding almost every position on the county council. Charles occupied the position of reeve of Whitby in 1880 and deputy reeve from 1891 to 1893. He sat in the county council and later became warden of Ontario County.
- Charles King was a member of the Whitby Board of Education for sixteen years, serving several terms as chairman. He died at Toronto on 22 February 1915.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Source
- Oral Histories